Recently retired Australian Test veterans Shane Watson and Brad Haddin have been picked up by Dean Jones' Islamabad in the inaugural Pakistan Super League draft.
Watson was taken as an "icon player" with the third pick for $US200,000 ($A280,000) on Monday, with Haddin joining him at Islamabad after going in the fifth round for $US70,000.
The team is set to be coached by former champion Australian batsman Jones.
Retired Australian paceman Brett Lee went unselected from the platinum category, while diamond players Brad Hodge, Brad Hogg, Shaun Tait, James Allenby and Nathan Hauritz were also overlooked, as were Ben Laughlin and Michael Beer in the gold category.
Popular Pakistan star Shahid Afridi went first in the draft, taken by Peshawar, while Shaob Malik (Karachi), Kevin Pietersen (Quetta) and Chris Gayle (Lahore) completed the top five.
The league opted for a draft system, with players split into platinum, diamond, gold and silver categories, rather than the auctions favoured by other domestic T20 leagues, notably the Indian Premier League.
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